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Commando 43-47114

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47114

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 185

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK162

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  December 1944 to March 1945

  43-47114 - USAAF (USA)


27 December 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

26 January 1945

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.

Christened "Stork".

19 March 1945

Destroyed 25 km west of Yunlong, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out following an engine failure. [MACR 13172]

Pilot: Stanley W. Zancho (survived)

17 March 1945

Condemned for salvage, washout. [dates discrepancy]

Last edited: 31/03/2021